The Greek legislative election of 9 June 1935 resulted in a victory for the People's Party

People's Party (Greece)

The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

 of Panagis Tsaldaris

Panagis Tsaldaris

Panagis Tsaldaris was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years of the conservative People's Party in the period before World War II...

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The elections were held in a climate of tension between the liberal Republicans

Republicanism

Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context...

, represented by the Venizelist parties, and the pro-royalist

Monarchism

Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy as a form of government in a nation. A monarchist is an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the Monarch.In this system, the Monarch may be the...

 People's Party, following the failed Venizelist coup attempt

Greek coup attempt of 1935

The attempted coup of March 1935 was a Venizelist revolt against the People's Party government of Panagis Tsaldaris, which was suspected of pro-royalist tendencies....

 in March. In protest at the execution of two prominent Venizelist generals, the continued function of special courts, and at the new electoral law, which they had not approved, all venizelist

Venizelism

Venizelism was one of the major political movements in Greece from the 1900s until the mid 1970s.- Ideology :Named after Eleftherios Venizelos, the key characteristics of Venizelism were:*Opposition to Monarchy...

 parties decided not to participate.

Without opponents, the right-wing parties had no problem in dominating the Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

, whose role would be to adopt a new Constitution

Constitution of Greece

The Constitution of Greece , was created by the Fifth Revisional Parliament of the Hellenes and entered into force in 1975. It has been revised three times since, most significantly in 1986, and also in 2001 and in 2008. The Constitutional history of Greece goes back to the Greek War of...

 and decide about the restoration of monarchy in the person of the exiled King George II

George II of Greece

George II reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947.-Early life, first period of kingship and exile:George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia...

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rowspan=2 colspan=2 valign=top|Summary of the 9 June 1935 Greek Parliament

Hellenic Parliament

The Hellenic Parliament , also the Parliament of the Hellenes, is the Parliament of Greece, located in the Parliament House , overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece....

 election results
!colspan="3" cellpadding="10" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Votes
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||Union of Royalists
|Ioannis Metaxas

Ioannis Metaxas

Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek general, politician, and dictator, serving as Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941...

 
Ioannis Rallis

Ioannis Rallis

Ioannis Rallis was the third and last collaborationist prime minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, holding office from 7 April 1943 to 12 October 1944, succeeding Konstantinos Logothetopoulos in the Nazi-controlled Greek puppet government in Athens.- Early...

 
Georgios Stratos
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|align="right"|14.80
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|align="center"|7
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|People's Party

People's Party (Greece)

The People's Party of Greece was a conservative and pro-monarchist political party founded by Dimitrios Gounaris, the main political rival of Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party. The party existed from 1920 until 1958....

 
National Radical Party
|Panagis Tsaldaris

Panagis Tsaldaris

Panagis Tsaldaris was a revered conservative politician and leader for many years of the conservative People's Party in the period before World War II...

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|align="right"|65.04
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|align="center"|287
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|Macedonian Union
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|align="right"|2.88
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|National Union
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|align="right"|
|align="right"|0.25
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|Communists (KKE) and others
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|align="right"|9.59
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|Others
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|align="right"|6.89
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|align="center"|6
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|colspan="2"|Totals
|align="right"|
|align="right"|100.00
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|colspan="2"|Constituencies
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|align="right"|38
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|align="center"|300
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|colspan="2"|Valid votes
|align="right"|1,029,196
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|colspan="2"|Invalid votes
|align="right"|61,166
|align="left"|(5.61%)
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|colspan="2"|Total number of votes
|align="right"|1,090,362
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|colspan="2"|Valid electorate
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|colspan="2"|Population
|align="right"|6,127,593
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|colspan=7|Source: Texts of Constitutional History, vol. 2, p. 414.
Encyclopedian Dictionary "the Sun", Volume 17, Article: Panagis Tsaldaris
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